St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-12-24
STOPPING FORWARD.

STOPPING FORWARD.
Advice On the Subject Ersa . Rsllabss
Medical Authority.
Every one knows that STOPPING for
ward. particularly after rising quickly
from the bed in the morning. when the
stomach empty and the heart has less
than ordinary support from the viscera
below the diaphragm. 10 very apt to
occasion form Of faintness with YER
tigo. not unlike that which occurs in
sea-sickness. We do not 1t the moment
speak Of the faintncss and giddiness
from cerebral annmia, which are di-
rectly consequent upon suddenly assum-
ing the erect, after long continuing in
the recumbent posture. but Of tho moro
alarming sensation of being in the CEN
ter Of objects which are rapidly passing
away. usually from left to right. with
loss Of power to stand or even sit, and
an almost nightmare feeling Of inability
to call for help or do any thing to avert
catastrophe, while throughout the
experience the sufferer retains pain
fully acute consciousness. This. We
say, is familiar ~ one at least of tho
effects not uncommonly produced by
STOPPING forward under the special con-
ditions indicated. With mxny other
varieties of the vertigo consequent upon
heart weakness or cerebral annmia.
observation or experience has made US
all acquainted. We can not. however.
help thinking that the consequences Of
even partial compression of veins Of tho
neck. Offering an obstacle to the return
of blood from the head. with its import
ant organs. are not 20 we'll recognized.
The peculiar form. or, more accurately.
the several forms-of headache dis
hnctly caused in this way when tho
head is long bowed forward on the chest.
bending the neck on itself, can not fail
to occur to every one; nor will the high
tension Of the eyebsll. the turgid and
heavy eyelids. the snuffiing noss. the
deafness. with buzzing or throbbing in
the ears. the heavy breathing and the
pulled and perhaps flushed or darkeneL
color ofthe face. resulting from the OBJ
structed venous circulation through tho
Blended neck. be forgotten. There arc
other and more perilous. though Sec
ondary. effects of leaning forward when
the heart is weak. or the blood-vessels
are not 50 strong As they ought to be.
which should not be overlooked. Beyond
question. the extra strain thrown upon
the apparatus Of the circulation by any
thing that impedes the free passage Of
the blood through almost any part Of
the venous system is moro severe and
dangerous than . physically equal
strain thrown on the arteries. At
least this is so in adult life. and. with
out going further into details in con-
ncetiOn with the modus opcrandi Of the
mischief to which we point. it may DO
permissible to urge that the subject is
one to which attention may be usefully
directed. The weakly and those who
are not unlikely To have hearts read
lily ovcrburlcned and bloosl-vessels
stretched beyond recovery. or even
ruptured, should be warned quite as
earnestly against suddenly assuming. or
too long retaining. any pastures which
do-bowever slightly and partially
impede the return Of blood through
the veins. We know how prolonged
sitting may cause the veins of the legs
to distend and either give way or per-
init the extravasation of their contents.
When this sort Of thing happens even
though in trifling degree. in the case Of
vessels directly connected with such
delicate organs as the eye. the ear and
the brain. it is easy to see that the re-
snlts may be very serious In their char
acter; and probably few pastures COM
monty taken up by persons who lead
sedentary lives arc 30 prone
to do mischief unnoticed as that OF |
forward as at work at a table |
which is not sufficiently high to insure
the head being SO raised that the veins
Of the neck may not be in any way COM
pressed OF the return Of blood from the
head embarrassed or DELAYED. We see
reason to believe that If this apparently
small matter were generally understood
there would be fewer head and heart
and we will 60 50 far As to
say that some lives now lost would be